| G/C | - | Am/C | - | G/C | |
| (C) S | ur | face | re | (G/C)lationships |
| (Am/C) used me 'til (G/C) I was done (Dm) in. |
| (Em/D - Dm7* - Em/D) |
| And (Bb) all of the while someone was (G7) begging |
| To free me from (C) sin. |
| G/C | - | C | - | G |
| Chorus: |
| He was (C) there (G/C) all the (F) time (Dm7) |
| He was (G) there all the (C) time (G/C) |
| Waiting (C) patient(G/C)ly in (F) line (Dm) |
| He was (C) there (G) all the (C) time. |
| G/C | - | Am/C | - | G/C | C | - | G/C | - | Am/C | - | G/C |
| Never again |
| Will I look for a fake rainbow's end. |
| Now that I have the answer |
| My life is just starting to rhyme. |
| Sharing each new day with Him |
| Is a cup of fresh wine. |
| And oh what I missed, |
| He's been waiting right there all the time. |
| Chorus |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Simplified Chords |
| He Was There All The time |
| G | D7 | |
| Time after | time |
| Em | D7 | Am | |
| I went | searching for | peace in some | void |
| F | |
| I was | trying to blame |
| D7 | G | |
| All my | troubles on this old | world I was in |
| D7 | |
| Surface | relationships |
| Em | D7 | Am | |
| Used me til | I was done | in |
| F | D7 | |
| And | all the while someone was | waiting |
| G | |
| To free me from | sin |
| D7 | G | D7 | C | |
| He was | there | all the | time |
| D7 | G | D7 | |
| He was | there all the | time |
| G | C | |
| Waiting | patiently in | line |
| G | D7 | G | |
| He was | there | all the | time |
| D7 | |
| Never | again |
| Em | D7 | Am | |
| Will I | look for a | fake rainbow's | end |
| F | |
| Now | that I have the answer |
| D7 | G | |
| My | life is just starting to | rhyme |
| D7 | |
| And sha | ring each new day with Him |
| Em | D7 | Am | |
| Is a | cup of fresh | wine |
| F | D7 | |
| And | oh what I | missed |
| G | D7 | G | |
| He's been | waiting right | there all the | time |
| D7 | G | D7 | C | |
| He was | there | all the | time |
| D7 | G | D7 | |
| He was | there all the | time |
| G | C | |
| Waiting | patiently in | line |
| G | D7 | G | |
| He was | there | all the | time |